16308. Adulteration of   chestnuts.     U.   S.  v.   6   Barrels   of   Chestnuts.    Be-
fault  decree  of condemnation, forfeiture,  audi  destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 23300.    I. S. No. 02049.    S. No. 1423.)
On or about January 11, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
Seizure and condemnation of 6 barrels of chestnuts, remaining unsold in the 
original barrels at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the M. J. Hogan Co., from New York, N. Y., November 15, 1928,'and trans- 
ported from the State of New York into the State of Michigan, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid vegetable substance.
On February 5,1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.